A light-emitting device assembly includes a plurality of light-emitting devices, the plurality of light-emitting devices being provided continuously, the plurality of light-emitting devices each including a substrate, an optical semiconductor element mounted on the surface of the substrate, an encapsulating layer formed on the substrate surface to encapsulate the optical semiconductor element, and an electrode formed on the substrate surface so as to be electrically connected to the optical semiconductor element. The substrate has a fragile region formed to partition off the light-emitting devices that are disposed next to each other.
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1. A light-emitting device assembly comprising: light-emitting devices being provided continuously, the light-emitting device each including a substrate, a light-emitting diode mounted on a surface of the substrate, an encapsulating layer formed on the surface of the substrate to encapsulate the light-emitting diode, and an electrode formed on the surface of the substrate so as to be electrically connected to the light-emitting diode, wherein the substrate has a fragile region formed to partition off the light-emitting devices that are disposed next to each other, the fragile region having a weak mechanical strength compared to the substrate, an encapsulating region that overlaps the light-emitting diode and the encapsulating layer as viewed from a thickness direction of the substrate, and an electrode region that overlaps the electrode exposed from the encapsulating layer as viewed from the thickness direction, and wherein the substrate is only divided into the fragile region, the encapsulating region, and the electrode region, wherein the encapsulating layer includes a continuous region that allows for continuous encapsulation of the light-emitting devices that are disposed next to each other, and the fragile region is formed so as to partition off the light-emitting devices that are disposed next to each other in the continuous region.
2. The light-emitting device assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the fragile region is formed with cuts.
3. The light-emitting device assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the encapsulating layer encapsulates the light-emitting devices that are disposed next to each other with a spaced-apart region interposed therebetween, and the fragile region is formed in the spaced-apart region.
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December 4, 2013
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